Reviews of Vintage Radio & Communication Museum of CT (Museum)

D. Train

Awesome place to visit. The staff is beyond generous and has a vast knowledge of what they have on display. Nice little gem of a place!

Cara MacDonald

The VRCM has an impressive collection of tech through the ages. It was far more interactive than I expected. You could dial a phone and hear it ring across the room or send Morse Code messages to another visitor. The layout was thoughtful and creative. I highly recommend it!

Rick Prescott

A lot of fun seeing the history of radios, communication and some TVs. The variety of inventions is amazing. Should take about one hour, plus. Staff is friendly and energetic. Definitely recommend.

Greg Olson

Something you'll never see anywhere else

Sarah Gutierrez

The kids had an amazing time!

Richie Kremer

Very cool place! They have some pretty awesome stuff from all ages and are very knowledgeable. And pretty cool that everyone working is a volunteer

Jerry McCarty

Great place! A wide variety of artifacts besides radios. The docent was very knowledgeable and informative. Take time for the guided tour as several items will be operated for your amusement/enjoyment.

Christopher Jones

great staff! cool gear! a must stop for any electronics buff!!!

Jody Boucher

Great place for the radio enthusiasts

Ciaoli L

You will have a great time here.

Kathy Anderson

Very interesting! Bernie the tour guide had so many facts about the museum that made it fun

Robert Pereira

We got a personal tour, and got to interact with some machines. It was an amazing walk through history!!! Words can't describe how much there is too see and learn. And the tour guide couldn't have been any nicer, joking around and he was very knowledgeable about the items in there!

Brandon Sullivan

It was cool to look back at the history of phones and radios from back in the day

Xavier Neduveli

They have a very nice collection of old radios and most of them (95%) is in working. Go see the place.

Chris Kelling

You get a good perspective of how communications has developed

Hans Hammarquist

Here you will find almost the entire history of the development of radio and wireless communication. The radios are nicely displayed and you can get a guided tour. If you are a radio ham, bring your license as there is a well equipped ham radio station. Go there and enjoy. I believe even non radio interested will enjoy a visit.

Mike Miller

Fun exhibits

Just Comm Installs

Very nice cool place

Shamus Holcomb

Talking to the staff you can tell they truly care about what they put on display and take there time to learn everything there is.

Evan Doherty

An amazing local find. While the catalogue of communications equipment is formidable, the real draw for me is the all volunteer staff of brilliant minds from a variety of technical fields and experience. A great place to spend a couple hours, even if you don't think you are in to olde tymey radios and sound equipment. Facinating museum, nothing else quite like it around here.

Igor Eremin

Вся история зарождения связи и радио в этом месте. Очень познавательно и интересно! Благодаря энтузиастам все действует и работает! Целая эпоха здесь.

Samuel Crisanti

Very comprehensive museum with radios, TVs and film equipment from the 1920s to 1980s. The all volunteer staff is knowledgeable and friendly.

LunaTech 3D

Great attraction for history buffs, tech buffs, and history of tech buffs.

Benjamin Fay

Hands-on museum of communications with more than meets the eye. Saturdays are best for tours. Plan for at least a few hours to take it all in. Great for all ages.

Tom Filecco

Must visit.

Bill Nevill

A surprisingly good display and collection.

Carmen Natalie

Great place!!!

Lorie LePage

Absolutely amazing

Paul Shropshire

Good place. ....nice people...needs up dating.

Charles Carlin

This is a 6star museum for sure. It is an incredible collection of what some might call junk, that has been classified, loved, repaired and tended to create a historic timeline of electronics, communication, theatre, radio and more. The guided tour is the best, and the guide is so excited, it is almost too much information. These guys know their stuff and are so very excited to share all they have to offer. This place needs to be on the map for all museum goers and history buffs. there is so much that it boggles the mind to start to list things in the review. So I will list a few and there are so many more. Imagine getting to play music on an original Edison Phonograph. with wax recordings. Then step up to the second model Edison created in the thirties and listen to the improvement. Then step up the the next level with thick records and learn how they were created and listen again. If I only got that part of the tour I would have been ecstatic and happily overwhelmed. But the history and stories continued about theatre and projection. the first projectors and the meaning of lime light. How traveling movies were the rage in the twenties and what got peoples attention. and on and on and on Any way I describe it, this is a wow wow wow museum and I loved it.

Amal Prakash

Nice collection of vintage radios, televisions, projectors, telephones. The staff are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the artifacts in the museum. There is also a small gift shop.

Bob Roy

Very informative visit

Bruce Rlchardson

Extremely interesting. Saw things that I haven't seen for 70 years. A lot of items on display, some of them "hands on". Everything from the earliest telegraph to computers.

Mark Dunton

Cool place. Amazing and friendly staff

vanessa gordon- mcknight

Amazing place! A real gem...check it out!!

Mary Duval

Fascinating history of radio and communications. Very knowledgeable and friendly staff. There's even a working Amateur Radio station for visiting hams who might want to operate W1VCM.

john leonardelli

Awesome museum was worth the visit and the volunteer guide was amazing

Lois Franchino

Wow. Great place and the folks who work there are very knowledgeable.dont miss this one!!

George cardoso

The staff on Saturdays are all bunch of very nice people, also very knowledgeable. Thanks guys

john belhumeur

Must see

michael chancey

If you love the history of technology , this is a great place to visit.

Sam Plouffe

Knowledgeable volunteers, excellent collection!

Leo Fender

Not just radio, but respect is given to many electronic and pre-electronic technology. Ed gave us an informative tour of their collection and gave us a thorough history lesson!

Joseph Adams

This place is outstanding. Many models over long timespan. Staff shares in depth information.

G Hammer

Great displays, knowledgeable friendly guide, just a wonderful place to learn about communication, especially radio. Highly recommended for all ages.

Michael Laferriere

As nice as it is to see functioned antique radio, television, telephony, morse etc equipment its even better to interact with the staff. They are volunteers and really love showing off the old equipment. You wont find more motivated people than these! They make the tours fun, interactive and they are quick to answer your questions! As a former Radio Shack employee it was great to see some of the products still in everyday use. A lot of the stuff back in the day was built to last better than today's disposable electronics. Of particular note was an old 9V Radio Shack battery, not the cheap red batteries we used to give out with the battery of the month cards but one of the even earlier 'premium' 9Vs! If I was going to deduct a star it would be that these devices are also used as a resource, sold off, split up, parted out etc. They are not making these antiques anymore. But its good to see them used and shown!

Kathy Miller

Bernie the tour guide was wonderful! Taught so much about the history of communications

galina kaletina

Such a cool walk through history of music

Tim Miller

I went to the museum got a tour from Mark. He was very enthusiastic about the museum and the radios. He knew so much and everyone there is very helpful. Highly recommend!

Nicole Smith

Kids enjoyed the telephones

Kevin Kitchen

Interesting place and knowledgeable tour guides

Joseph Squillace

Nice collection old radios and other media spanning from 1890 to present. Guided tours and friendly staff.

Vishakh Talanki

AWESOME, Educational and fun